February 4, 1999

Cordy didn't doubt for a second that Jacob could kill all her friends and that they could do nothing to stop him. Cordy also didn't doubt that she had to be the one to save them all.

Jacob took his hand from her mouth after Cordy nodded her assent to behave. She forced her body to go limp in his arms. He stepped away from her and shoved her forward towards his car. Cordy pretended to lose her balance and dropped to the ground. Then she turned about quickly and kicked him in the groin. He took her to the ground with him knocking the breath out of her.

Jacob's grip on Cordy's left leg was painful. Cordy kicked him in the face with her right foot. He immediately let her go because she'd broken his nose.

That's when she got up to run. The timing was perfect because she saw Giles' car approaching. She stood in the middle of the street forcing him to stop quickly before hitting her. She got in the car and yelled. "Drive and don't stop."

"What happened?" Buffy asked looking at Cordy covered in blood.

"It's not my blood," Cordy said. "He grabbed me when we were distracted. Where are the others?"

"We separated in order to find you," Giles said. "I'll take you to my house to get cleaned up."

"Don't stop driving!" Cordy panicked. "If we stop he'll find me."

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February 5, 2002

"Eureka!" Wesley exclaimed running out of his office.

Angel quickly walked towards him, "What have you got?"

"We can take a portal to the past," Wesley said.

"Portal?" Fred repeated sounding nervous.

"There's a spell we could use," Wesley said. "We go back, find Anna's spell book, reverse the spell, and save both Cordy and Anna."

"That sounds simple enough," Lorne said.

"Let's go," Angel said. "Read the spell."

"We can't just drop everything and go," Gunn pointing out. "There's Holtz."

Angel nodded acknowledging that, "We have to take Connor someplace safe before we go after Cordy."

"I'm sensing a road trip is in order," Lorne said and then he nudged Anna who had fallen asleep her head resting on a stack of books.

Anna jumped up and back reeling in fear. For a second she thought she was back home and her father was waking her.

"Anna?" Lorne asked.

"I'm fine," Anna said. "I guess I fell asleep."

"We're going to Sunnydale," Angel announced. "Get everything in order. We leave at sunset."

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February 5, 1999

Angel knew she hadn't slept the night before. He could hear her pacing and could smell her fear. But more than anything else he could sense her anger. He waited for her in the kitchen in the morning. She stopped in her tracks as she entered the kitchen to find Angel had already made her breakfast.

"Thank you," She said with a smile. It was the first moment she felt relaxed since the night before.

"He won't find you here," Angel said trying to reassure her.

"I hope so," Cordy said hoping Giles' spell which was supposed to hide her from magic worked.

"If he knew where you were he would have been here by now," Angel said.

"Well," Cordy said sitting in front of a plate filled with eggs and pancakes. "Next time he comes I'll be prepared."

"We'll be prepared," Angel corrected.

"No I will be," Cordy corrected stubbornly. "All you can the others can do is get pummeled by him. I'm the one who has to face him. I won't hide forever. The next time Jacob Smith and I meet will be the last time."

Angel looked at Cordy intently and said, "I believe you."

Cordy nodded and began to eat her breakfast.

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February 5, 2002

It had been decided that Fred and Gunn would stay behind in LA looking after things while Anna, Lorne, Wesley, Angel and Connor would go to Sunnydale. They were about to walk out the door when Groo entered the hotel. He went straight to Anna, picked her up, and swung her around.

"Hello my princess," Groo said.

Anna slapped him and ran to hide behind Angel who said, "She's not your princess."